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The Stolen Child

The Stolen Child

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'Some books set up house inside your soul. Utterly magnificent' - M. R. CareyA remote island off the west coast of Ireland, St Brigid's, is a barren landscape, its small...
Committed: the propulsive new thriller from the bestselling author

Committed: the propulsive new thriller from the bestselling author

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Six days to stop a deadly attack. And no one else believes it's real.'Ingenious and turbocharged with suspense. A writer to surely put on your reading list.' David Baldacci 'Very...
Jack: An Oprah's Book Club Pick

Jack: An Oprah's Book Club Pick

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'[Her work] defines universal truths about what it means to be human' Barack Obama'Marilynne Robinson is one of the greatest writers of our time' Sunday Times 'Jack is the fourth...
Driftwood Orphans

Driftwood Orphans

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Before she was betrayed and left for dead, Tenny was many things: prodigal daughter of the Driftwood City underworld. Leader of the Thorn Orphans, the gang fighting for a better...
A Thousand Miles to Graceland

A Thousand Miles to Graceland

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Grace Johnson can't escape the feeling that her life is on autopilot-until her husband announces he's done with their marriage. Grace has a choice: wallow in humiliation . . ....
Midsummer Nights: Tales from the Opera:: with Kate Atkinson, Sebastian Barry, Ali Smith & more

Midsummer Nights: Tales from the Opera:: with Kate Atkinson, [...]

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In celebration of the Glyndebourne Festival, Jeanette Winterson has brought together some of the best loved and most critically acclaimed authors writing today to pen stories inspired by opera. Includes...
Home Boys

Home Boys

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'Alex Wheatle writes from a place of honesty and passion with the full knowledge and understanding that change can only happen through words and actions' - Steve McQueen Four schoolchildren...
Brenton Brown

Brenton Brown

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"A rich layering of motive and emotion . . . robust dialogue, streetwise humour and muscular, mischievous vernaculour" IndependentSet on the streets of Brixton, south London, BRENTON BROWN is a...
Ape House

Ape House

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  The New York Times bestseller - of how six bonobo apes change the lives of three humans, from master storyteller Sara Gruen, author of the international bestseller, Water for...
Nudibranch: the collection from MBE for Literature recipient Irenosen Okojie

Nudibranch: the collection from MBE for Literature recipient [...]

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'Okojie is a dazzlingly wild, bold and imaginative writer who tells stories with captivating originality and intense drama' Bernardine Evaristo 'Dazzling . . . A feast for the senses' Diana...
Friend of the Family: You invited her in. Now she wants you out. The gripping page-turner you don't want to miss.

Friend of the Family: You invited her in. Now she wants you out. [...]

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From the Sunday Times bestselling author of THE POOL HOUSE, a sensationally twisty page-turner about a woman with the perfect life and a woman determined to steal it. 'Gripping from...
Motherland

Motherland

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In the summer of 1942, Kitty is an ambulance driver stationed in Sussex. She meets Ed, a Royal Marine commando, and Larry, a liaison officer under the command of Mountbatten....
Voyeur: 'Unsettling, addictive, and razor-sharp'

Voyeur: 'Unsettling, addictive, and razor-sharp'

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'Addictive' Stylist'Sultry' Elle'Shimmers with suspense' Daily Mail'Sizzling' EsquireSummer in Paris. Leah, bored of tedious dead-end jobs, is intrigued to spot a job advert posted by the famous author Michael Young:...
The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle: the most heartwarming and uplifting love story of the year

The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle: the most heartwarming and [...]

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'A total triumph', 'Romantic and heartbreaking and uplifting all at once', 'Highly recommended'*The Independent best 'never-too-late' story of 2021, and one of the 8 best uplifting books of the year*IS...
Radio Sunrise

Radio Sunrise

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Winner of the McKitterick Prize 2018."Never cover an assignment without collecting a brown envelope," Boniface had said. "It is a real life saver for all journalists in this country."Ifiok, a...
Topics of Conversation

Topics of Conversation

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What is the shape of a life? Is it the things that happen to us? Or is it the stories we tell about the things that happen to us?From the...
The Winker

The Winker

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'A highly enjoyable game of cat-and-mouse with perfect period texture and some nicely wry humour' The Guardian'This playful caper is equally successful as a detailed, culture-rich evocation of its period...
Starter For Ten: The debut novel by the author of ONE DAY

Starter For Ten: The debut novel by the author of ONE DAY

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'Painfully funny'ELLE'Hugely entertaining'DAILY MAIL'Wincingly good'TIME OUT'Unrivalled'GLAMOUR'I laughed a lot'JEREMY PAXMANIt's 1985 and Brian Jackson has arrived at university with a burning ambition - to make it onto TV's foremost general...
The Understudy: A comic masterpiece by the author of ONE DAY

The Understudy: A comic masterpiece by the author of ONE DAY

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'Irresistible'DAILY MAIL'Wonderfully chaotic'THE TIMES'Delightful'OBSERVER'Brilliant'GOOD HOUSEKEEPING'Funniest book of the year'MARIE CLAIREFor Josh Harper, being in show-business means everything he ever wanted: money, fame, a beautiful wife and a lead role on...
The Day You Saved My Life: The addictive pageturner from the Sunday Times bestselling author of OUR HOUSE and THOSE PEOPLE

The Day You Saved My Life: The addictive pageturner from the [...]

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A child falls into the river. A stranger jumps in to rescue him. And four lives are changed for ever...On a perfect summer's day in Paris, tourists on the river...
The Stargazers: A captivating, magical love story with a breathtaking twist

The Stargazers: A captivating, magical love story with a [...]

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'Immersive, engrossing and ultimately beautiful' Marian KeyesThe heart-stopping and magical story of a childhood, a house, and the deepest of loves...'A beautifully written family saga which already feels like a...
The Barbarian Nurseries: A shocking and unforgettable novel about class differences in modern-day America

The Barbarian Nurseries: A shocking and unforgettable novel [...]

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Araceli is the live-in maid in the Torres-Thompson household, just outside Los Angeles. One morning, she wakes to an empty house - except for the two sons, little aliens she's...
Summer at Seastone: A mesmerising tale of the enduring power of friendship and a love that stems from the Second World War

Summer at Seastone: A mesmerising tale of the enduring power of [...]

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An enthralling tale of the enduring power of friendship . . .Every summer Bea, Marissa and Emma meet at Seastone, Emma's family home on the remote Suffolk coast, to retreat...
Perfect Lives

Perfect Lives

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In an English seaside town, lovers and children, young men and middle-aged women, weave in and out of each other's lives and stories.A mother is tormented by her daughter's tattoo;...
Friend of the Family: You invited her in. Now she wants you out. The gripping page-turner you don't want to miss.

Friend of the Family: You invited her in. Now she wants you out. [...]

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From the Sunday Times bestselling author of THE POOL HOUSE, a sensationally twisty page-turner about a woman with the perfect life and a woman determined to steal it. 'Gripping from...
I Wish We Weren't Related: A hilarious novel about who we become when we go back to our family home

I Wish We Weren't Related: A hilarious novel about who we become [...]

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FOURTEEN DAYS, THREE SISTERS AND THE MOTHER OF ALL LIES'Radhika has the ability to create characters who make us laugh while pulling on our heartstrings. This book is a joy'...
A Flaw in the Design: 'A psychological thriller par excellence' Guardian

A Flaw in the Design: 'A psychological thriller par excellence' [...]

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'Absorbing and original . . . A very smart tale packed with jeopardy' - Daily Mail'Keeps you guessing till the very end' - The Times'An absolute page-turner' - Miranda Cowley...
Tomorrow I'll Be Twenty

Tomorrow I'll Be Twenty

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Michel is ten years old, living in Pointe Noire, Congo, in the 1970s. His mother sells peanuts at the market, his father works at the Victory Palace Hotel, and brings...
Hunted: The most gripping and original thriller you will read this year

Hunted: The most gripping and original thriller you will read [...]

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The second novel in one of the **MOST TALKED-ABOUT** post-apocalyptic series. 'Thrilling . . . Todd skilfully captures hope and humanity in the lives of characters whom the reader comes...
Bridge Over Troubled Waters

Bridge Over Troubled Waters

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Full Whack

Full Whack

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From the author of the latest official James Bond novel'Charlie Higson's thrillers are major events' Mark Billingham'Piercing wit and accelerated action in finely paced style' Time Out'Lively narration, a superabundance...
Minds of Winter

Minds of Winter

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Longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2017.'Ed O'Loughlin is a skilled cartographer of both the Arctic and the human heart. What a magnificent novel' Ron Rash'A brilliant...
Two for Joy

Two for Joy

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Julia and Toby have been friends for years, but apart from a couple of drunken snogs in their university days, there's never been anything more than friendship between them. It's...
Who's Loving You: Love Stories by Women of Colour

Who's Loving You: Love Stories by Women of Colour

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Who's Loving You is a collection of short stories celebrating desire and love in all its guises, written by and reflecting the experiences of women of colour in an authentic...
February's Son

February's Son

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Further Tales of the City

Further Tales of the City

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Mademoiselle Eiffel: A Novel

Mademoiselle Eiffel: A Novel

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From the author of The School for German Brides and A Bakery in Paris, this captivating historical novel set in nineteenth-century Paris tells the story of Claire Eiffel, a woman...
Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter?: The unputdownable new thriller from the bestselling author

Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter?: The unputdownable new [...]

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She's loved by all who meet her. But someone wants her gone . . .1990 When beautiful and vivacious Charlotte Salter fails to turn up to her husband Alec's 50th...
Ragged Dick: or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks

Ragged Dick: or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks

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Ragged Dick, the quintessential Horatio Alger novel, will fascinate readers young and old. An inspiring tale of a young man who works hard and thrives in a capitalist system, it...
The Silence in Her Eyes

The Silence in Her Eyes

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Bestselling author Armando Lucas Correa strikes out in a bold new direction with a psychological thriller about a young woman afflicted with 'motion blindness', who becomes convinced that her next-door...
A Scientific Romance

A Scientific Romance

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The Art of Fielding

The Art of Fielding

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I Started Crying Monday

I Started Crying Monday

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The Dog of the North

The Dog of the North

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LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2023The darkly comic new novel from the bestselling author of The Portable Veblen 'Incredibly funny and very moving' BELLA MACKIE'A blissful novel that...
The Other Half of Augusta Hope

The Other Half of Augusta Hope

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Shortlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award'A therapeutic dose of high-strength emotion' GUARDIAN*JOANNA GLEN'S LATEST NOVEL MAYBE, PERHAPS, POSSIBLY IS OUT NOW* Augusta Hope has never felt like...
The Mother Fault

The Mother Fault

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The breakout novel called 'a triumph' by Jane Harper, The Mother Fault is the riveting tale of one woman taking on the world to save her own. 'A triumph of...
You

You

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Sad Girl Novel: 'A STROKE OF GENIUS' - Diana Reid

Sad Girl Novel: 'A STROKE OF GENIUS' - Diana Reid

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